Zoning Rule May Cancel Male Revue

The question of whether a male striptease show should be permitted at Bogie`s Lounge left the Palm Beach County`s Planning Commission deadlocked Thursday.

Commissioners voted 3-3 to pass the issue on to the County Commission and let it decide the matter on March 28 without guidance from the planning group.

Until then, the adult male revue at Bogie`s will continue, despite neighbors` protests about cars spilling over in front of their homes and blocking their driveways.

The lounge, on Congress Avenue near Okeechobee Boulevard, has been running a weekly male show since 1981. Each Wednesday at 9:30 p.m., women have crowded into Bogie`s dance-floor/stage room to watch men dance and disrobe down to the barest minimum.

Many women push their way to the stage to slip dollar bills into the dancers` G-strings.